Thursday, March 07, 2013

The Beauty of Truffles, Distilled

You have to know, first, that I'm not a chocoholic. Generally speaking, I'd choose a piece of fruit pie over chocolate cake and I tend to browse the pickles section rather than the shelves of chocolate bars at specialty food stores.

But yesterday I had a chance to sample a new line of truffles from Moonstruck that infuse the ganache centers with spirits from some of Oregon's premiere craft distillers. The thing I like about them? The spirits are subtle and complement the chocolates used, rather than being overly alcoholic bombs.

Kudos to Moonstruck for staying the hand of excess, and creating these jewel-like beauties. I can think of a few gifting opportunities for these!